Fruit Science

CoH Departments

College of Horticulture

Fruit Science

The Department of Fruit Science was started with the inception of the University i.e., March, 2010. Department is fully operational in the fields of teaching, research and extension activities. The Post-Graduation (PG) programme has been started from the academic session 2018-19 and Ph.D. programme started from academic session 2020-21. At present faculties of Department of Fruit Science are engaged in teaching of under graduate (UG) programme running in College of Horticulture. The university is located at Bundelkhand region; the region has bestowed with natural resources, however, the poor management, package and practices of fruit crops, drought condition, less irrigation facility are major challenges. Thus, department is dedicatedly working for enhancement of the production of fruit crops through research and extension activities. The Department has well qualified faculty members. All faculty members possess Ph. D. and NET.

Mandate of the Department:

Creating skilled human resource in field of horticulture in general and fruit science in particular.
To conduct location specific research in order to solve technical and specific problems of fruit culture, being faced by farming community.
Formulating package of practices for optimization of farmers’ income and dissemination of appropriate technology to the farmers and orchardists.

Vision

To emerge as a global centre of excellence in teaching, research and extension in agriculture and allied sciences in the country to ensure sustained healthy food, nutrition and livelihood security.

Mission

The university is committed to the cause of Indian agriculture through its quality teaching, demand-driven and location-specific research and extension programmes in the light of dynamism of socio-economic and agro ecological conditions, management perceptions, international trade scenarios and government policies.

Objectives

- To impart quality education at graduation, post-graduation and doctorate level in the field of Fruit Science.
- Survey, collection, conservation, evaluation and utilization of drought hardy indigenous fruit species.
- Standardization of INM, HDP, canopy management, moisture conservation, propagation and organic fruit cultivation of draught hardy fruit crops.

The Department offers courses of Fruit science at three levels i.e. B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture, M.Sc. (Hort.) and Ph.D.(Hort.) in Fruit Science to the students with the present intake capacity.

S. No.	Type of Course	Level	Duration	Intake	Accredited
1.	Bachelor Degree	College	4 Years	122	ICAR
2.	Master Degree	Department	2 Years	08	ICAR
3.	Doctoral Degree	Department	3 Years	04	As per University

Course Curriculum Adopted

Undergraduate – As per Fifth Deans Committee.
Postgraduate & Ph.D. – As per 19th BSMA, ICAR, New Delhi.

Thrust Area of Research

Identification, collection, conservation, evaluation, and utilization of indigenous fruit species and developing package and practices for drought hardy fruit crops.
Introduction and evaluation of new fruit species like dragon fruit, date palm, strawberry etc.
INM, HDP, moisture conservation, organic cultivation, canopy management and fruit based inter cropping models to enhance the income of farming community.
Protocol for mass multiplication of elite planting materials and availability to the farmers.

S. No.	Name of students	Post	Organization
1.	Pradeep Kumar	Horticulture specialist	Srijan Barghad, Chitrakoot, U.P.
2.	Satnam	Community Facilitator	ICICI Foundation, Varanasi, U.P.
3.	Shubham Pandey	Trainee Agronomist	Krishika Kisan Mart, Basti, Chhawani, U.P.
4.	Rahul Patel	Block Coordinator	Reliance General in Crop Insurance Haryana
5.	Satyendra Verma	Assistant Professor	Om Sai Ram Groop of College, Kurshi, Barabanki, U.P.
6.	Vikki	Horticulturist Trainee	VNR, Nursery Raipur, CG
7.	Vikash Kumar	Assistant Professor	Mahaveer University Meerut, U.P.
8.	Harish Chandra Yadav	Teaching Associate	B.M. Memorial Mahavidyalay, Ambedkakar Nagar, U.P.
9.	Siddharth Kumar	Young Professional- II	ICAR-CISH, Lucknow, U.P.
10.	Ruby Pandey	Lab Coordinator	IRRI, Regional Station Varanasi, U.P.

Externally funded ongoing projects (UPCAR, UPCST, RKVY, MIDH)	5
Externally funded completed projects (UPCAR, Bioversity International)	2
Consultancy Project (Completed)	1
University funded ongoing projects	1

Number of Training/Workshop Organized by Faculty: 03

Number of Training/Workshop/Conference attended by Faculty: 65

Facility	No.	Capacity	Facilities available
Smart class	01	30	Projector, smart podium, computer system with internet connection
PG/Ph.D. Classroom	02	20	Green board with well furnished
Study room	01	20	Study purpose of the students
Laboratory	02	25	A. UG Lab: Weigh balance, microscope, hot plate, oven, refrigerator, all field-oriented implements etc. B. PG Lab: pH meter, EC meter, Weigh Balance, Incubator, Mechanical Shaker, Hot Air Oven, double Distillation assembly, seed germinator, hand refractometer, verneer calliper, water distillation unit, mechanical shaker and instruments.